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SCARFPIN
Definition of SCARFPIN
noun
A pin used to hold a scarf or tie in place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scarf + pin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCARFPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCARFPIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCARFP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCARFPIN?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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